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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2011 shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (L) playing the piano at a poetry reading event for Fukushima Prefecture after it was hit by the huge March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Sakamoto, the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Uotsuri Island

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Japanese police arrested on Aug. 15, 2012, activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands after they landed on Uotsuri Island.

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Education board head at center of Otsu bullying case attacked

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the city hall on Aug. 15, 2012. A college student the same day assaulted the chief of the Otsu education board, police said. The education board has come under public criticism for initially failing to admit a link between the suicide of a 13-year-old boy and bullying by classmates in 2011.

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Matsui slaps hit

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics singles to right in the third inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on Aug. 15, 2011.

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Remnants of March tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People on Aug. 15, 2011, visit to see a pine tree which survived the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The landmark tree has been attracting visitors during the summer holiday season.

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Japanese student missing in Niagara Falls

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2003 shows the Niagara Falls. The Niagara Parks Police said on Aug. 15, 2011, that a 19-year-old female Japanese student is missing after falling into the Niagara Falls on the U.S.-Canadian border.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of relatives of the war dead bow after offering flowers during an annual war memorial ceremony, at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Sachiko Kasai, a representative of relatives of the war dead, gives a memorial address at an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan heads for a stage to read an address at an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Heavy snow in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A residential area is covered by snow in Wellington, New Zealand, on Aug. 15, 2011, after the heaviest snow in 50 years fell in the area.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer a moment of silence during an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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S. Korea president calls on Japan to teach 'correct history'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak speaks in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2011, as the South marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule. Lee called on Japan to teach ''correct history'' to future generations about checkered bilateral relations.

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Yomiuri Shimbun owner Shoriki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on December 1992 shows Toru Shoriki, owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun group, who died of blood poisoning on Aug. 15, 2011, at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 92. Shoriki was also honorary owner of the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow after the emperor's speech during an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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N. Korea marks 66th anniversary of liberation

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People offer flowers at a statue of former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2011, as the North marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

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S. Korea president calls on Japan to teach 'correct history'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (C) celebrates in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2011, as the South marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule.

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N. Korea marks 66th anniversary of liberation

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People visit a statue of former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2011, as the North marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

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Lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - A group of Japanese lawmakers visit war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of Japan's 1941-1945 war. Prime Minister Naoto Kan and all of his Cabinet members did not go to the shrine.

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Japan marks anniversary of war's end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito delivers a speech at an annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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N. Korea marks 66th anniversary of liberation

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers offer flowers at a statue of former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2011, as the North marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

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N. Korea marks 66th anniversary of liberation

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows an area of Pyongyang on Aug. 15, 2011, as the North marked the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule.

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Japan marks war anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - People head for the annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Japan marks war anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - People head for the annual war memorial ceremony at Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda Ward, central Tokyo, on Aug. 15, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II for Japan.

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Indonesian translation of book on Japanese hero

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2009, shows Sakari Ono who stayed behind in Indonesia and fought alongside Indonesian independence troops against Dutch troops after the Japanese surrendered to the Allied forces on Aug. 15, 1945. The Indonesian-language version of a Japanese book about Ono is expected to be published in September 2011.

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Exhibition to experience Doraemon world

OSAKA, Japan - One of the world's smallest single-seat helicopters is demonstrated in Osaka on July 15, 2011. The helicopter and other experiments using the latest technologies to simulate Doraemon's secret tools opened July 16 to run through Aug. 31